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Tislelizumab

Tislelizumab (BGB-A317) is a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets programmed death 1 (Programmed cell death 1 (PD-1)), a key immune checkpoint receptor expressed on T cells.

Where the papers sit

15 papers from the last 6 months study tislelizumab directly · updated from PubMed 12 Oct 2026

  • Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer

    Tislelizumab-based therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer is expanding toward dual checkpoint blockade with ociperlimab, chemotherapy, and concurrent chemoradiotherapy. Trials focus on objective response, progression-free survival, overall survival, and patient-reported outcomes, particularly in squamous disease. Ivonescimab combinations provide an active comparative strategy rather than an established replacement. Subcutaneous formulation development and European transportability analyses are pushing treatment toward easier delivery and broader applicability.

    6 papers · 40%

  • Perioperative Solid-Tumor Immunotherapy

    Tislelizumab is moving into neoadjuvant and perioperative combinations with chemotherapy across gastric, ovarian, esophageal, head and neck, and bladder cancers. Studies are linking treatment to pathological response, survival, immune-state imaging, and patient selection rather than relying on response rates alone. Ociperlimab and bevacizumab-based combinations extend this strategy beyond PD-1 blockade. Evidence remains exploratory across diverse tumors, with comparative benefit, value, and durable survival still unresolved.

    6 papers · 40%

  • HER2-Positive Gastroesophageal Cancer

    HER2-positive gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma is moving toward zanidatamab-based treatment, including combination with tislelizumab to reshape the immune contexture. Gemcitabine and carboplatin remain relevant chemotherapy partners. The main open questions are whether immune remodeling improves outcomes beyond HER2 targeting and which patients benefit most. Toxic optic neuropathy highlights the need for continued safety surveillance.

    3 papers · 20%

NEW DIRECTION

Tislelizumab moves from intravenous treatment to subcutaneous delivery

The phase 1 pharmacokinetic study in treatment-naive patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer develops tislelizumab as a subcutaneous formulation rather than merely as an intravenous component of an anticancer regimen. It found that thigh administration had greater bioavailability and lower variability than abdominal administration, and used population pharmacokinetic modeling to support a subcutaneous 300-mg every-three-weeks regimen with exposure comparable to intravenous dosing. This gives tislelizumab a new formulation and delivery role aimed at reducing administration burden and supporting phase 3 development 42337921Jun.

NEW DIRECTION

Tislelizumab is identified as a cause of irreversible toxic optic neuropathy

The case report of a woman with metastatic lung adenocarcinoma treated with gemcitabine, carboplatin, and tislelizumab assumed the previously described ocular toxicity profile of tislelizumab, which had been limited to VKH-like uveitis, panuveitis, and retinal vasculitis, but instead found bilateral toxic optic neuropathy without intracranial disease or visual recovery after corticosteroid treatment and drug discontinuation. This expands tislelizumab’s safety profile to include a potentially irreversible optic-nerve injury requiring recognition and management as a distinct ocular immune-related adverse event. 42823136Oct

Papers

The 15 papers from the last 6 months that study tislelizumab directly, newest first, by theme and by study type. Study types come from PubMed publication types and MeSH headings.

By theme

Immunotherapy in Lung Cancer (6)
  1. AdvanTIG-105: a phase I/Ib dose-expansion study of ociperlimab plus tislelizumab with or without chemotherapy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and extensive-stage small cell lung cancer. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 24 Sept 2026 PMID 42785919
  2. AdvanTIG-301: a phase III study of ociperlimab plus tislelizumab and concurrent chemoradiotherapy in stage III unresectable non-small cell lung cancer. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 26 Aug 2026 PMID 42648750
  3. Transportability of tislelizumab trial outcomes from RATIONALE-315, RATIONALE-303, and RATIONALE-312 to the European population in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), advanced NSCLC and extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). Future oncology (London, England) · 7 Jul 2026 PMID 42412689
  4. Model-Informed Development of a Subcutaneous Formulation of Tislelizumab: Phase 1 Pharmacokinetics in Patients With Cancer. Clinical and translational science · 24 Jun 2026 PMID 42337921
  5. Prognostic associations between patient-reported outcomes and overall survival among patients with advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer: results from the RATIONALE-307 trial. Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 19 Jun 2026 PMID 42319531
  6. Ivonescimab plus chemotherapy versus tislelizumab plus chemotherapy in advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (HARMONi-6): interim overall survival analysis of a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial in China. Lancet (London, England) · 31 May 2026 PMID 42218899
Perioperative Solid-Tumor Immunotherapy (6)
  1. Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy with afatinib for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (neoCHANCE-2): an open-label, single-arm, phase 2 study. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 12 Sept 2026 PMID 42731876
  2. Perioperative tislelizumab plus chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer: A randomized, prospective phase 2 trial. Cancer cell · 15 Jul 2026 PMID 42456653
  3. Neoadjuvant tislelizumab (anti-PD-1 antibody) plus chemotherapy in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: the exploratory NAIVE trial. Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 3 Jul 2026 PMID 42399240
  4. Magnetic resonance imaging radiomic phenotypes stratify response and define immune states in very high-risk, nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with tislelizumab plus nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel. Cancer · 24 Jun 2026 PMID 42339693
  5. Value-based pricing of tislelizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a Markov modelling study from the US payer perspective. BMJ open · 27 May 2026 PMID 42203284
  6. AdvanTIG-206: a phase II, randomized study of ociperlimab plus tislelizumab and BAT1706 (bevacizumab biosimilar) versus tislelizumab and BAT1706 in first-line hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 28 Apr 2026 PMID 42047833
HER2-Positive Gastroesophageal Cancer (3)
  1. Presentation and management of tislelizumab induced toxic optic neuropathy. BMJ case reports · 1 Oct 2026 PMID 42823136
  2. Reprogramming HER2-Positive gastroesophageal cancer immune contexture with bispecific therapy: HERIZON-GEA-01. Med (New York, N.Y.) · 14 Aug 2026 PMID 42600568
  3. Zanidatamab with and without Tislelizumab in HER2-Positive Gastroesophageal Cancer. The New England journal of medicine · 27 May 2026 PMID 42202319

By study type

Clinical trials (10)
  1. AdvanTIG-105: a phase I/Ib dose-expansion study of ociperlimab plus tislelizumab with or without chemotherapy in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer and extensive-stage small cell lung cancer. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 24 Sept 2026 PMID 42785919
  2. Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy with afatinib for locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (neoCHANCE-2): an open-label, single-arm, phase 2 study. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 12 Sept 2026 PMID 42731876
  3. AdvanTIG-301: a phase III study of ociperlimab plus tislelizumab and concurrent chemoradiotherapy in stage III unresectable non-small cell lung cancer. Journal for immunotherapy of cancer · 26 Aug 2026 PMID 42648750
  4. Perioperative tislelizumab plus chemotherapy for locally advanced gastric cancer: A randomized, prospective phase 2 trial. Cancer cell · 15 Jul 2026 PMID 42456653
  5. Neoadjuvant tislelizumab (anti-PD-1 antibody) plus chemotherapy in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer: the exploratory NAIVE trial. Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 3 Jul 2026 PMID 42399240
  6. Model-Informed Development of a Subcutaneous Formulation of Tislelizumab: Phase 1 Pharmacokinetics in Patients With Cancer. Clinical and translational science · 24 Jun 2026 PMID 42337921
  7. Prognostic associations between patient-reported outcomes and overall survival among patients with advanced squamous non-small cell lung cancer: results from the RATIONALE-307 trial. Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 19 Jun 2026 PMID 42319531
  8. Ivonescimab plus chemotherapy versus tislelizumab plus chemotherapy in advanced squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (HARMONi-6): interim overall survival analysis of a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial in China. Lancet (London, England) · 31 May 2026 PMID 42218899
  9. Zanidatamab with and without Tislelizumab in HER2-Positive Gastroesophageal Cancer. The New England journal of medicine · 27 May 2026 PMID 42202319
  10. AdvanTIG-206: a phase II, randomized study of ociperlimab plus tislelizumab and BAT1706 (bevacizumab biosimilar) versus tislelizumab and BAT1706 in first-line hepatocellular carcinoma. Cancer immunology, immunotherapy : CII · 28 Apr 2026 PMID 42047833
Observational studies and case reports (2)
  1. Presentation and management of tislelizumab induced toxic optic neuropathy. BMJ case reports · 1 Oct 2026 PMID 42823136
  2. Magnetic resonance imaging radiomic phenotypes stratify response and define immune states in very high-risk, nonmuscle-invasive bladder cancer treated with tislelizumab plus nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel. Cancer · 24 Jun 2026 PMID 42339693
Human data, design not indexed (2)
  1. Reprogramming HER2-Positive gastroesophageal cancer immune contexture with bispecific therapy: HERIZON-GEA-01. Med (New York, N.Y.) · 14 Aug 2026 PMID 42600568
  2. Value-based pricing of tislelizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone for advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: a Markov modelling study from the US payer perspective. BMJ open · 27 May 2026 PMID 42203284
Unclassified: not yet indexed with MeSH (1)
  1. Transportability of tislelizumab trial outcomes from RATIONALE-315, RATIONALE-303, and RATIONALE-312 to the European population in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), advanced NSCLC and extensive-stage small cell lung cancer (ES-SCLC). Future oncology (London, England) · 7 Jul 2026 PMID 42412689